review 1: I ended up liking this book - it is well written but it was a bit long winded in places. It certainly celebrates science and particularly botany - I know more about moss than I knew before! A sweeping historical novel with lots of characters and settings around the world with i...

review 1: I think the better name for this particular collection would be great travel reporting. Except for a few essays, this was just plain good journalism, enough of a novelty these days to be definitely worth reading. But the artistry in the writing, the shaping to an interesting poin...